Harness attachment.



J. CUMMINGS & J.'.D. LEEN.-

HARNESS ATTAGHMENT. APPLIUATION FILED 111 11.25, 190s.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN CUMMINGS and JOHN D. LEEN, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Bangor, in the county of Penobsoot and tateof Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HarnessAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a harness attachment and is especiallydesigned as an improvement upon the present tug trace, and has for itsobject the increase of the draft power by throwing the weight more orless directly upon the back of the horse.

In testing the invention it has been found that a horse which would withsome difficulty draw a load of three thousand, two hundred pounds whenrovidcd with the common harness would with our attachment in place drawunder the same circumstances four thousand, one hunderd pounds with lessapparent effort than required for the lighter load.

The invention consists of a cable having its end portions secured at thegirth strap, said cable traveling over a pulley carried by the collar toa point upon the saddle, thence to the trace and back to the girthstrap.

In the accompanying drawings ;Figure 1 is a side elevation of ourattachment in use. Fig. 2 is an end view of a portion of a saddle withour device attached thereto and in section. Fig. 3 is a side view of thesaddle portion of a harness illustrating the manner of securing ourdevice thereto. Fig. 4i is a detail view partly in section showing thecon: nection between our attachment and the collar. Fig. 5 is a detailside view showing the connection between our attachment and the traceand hip strap.

In these drawings 1 represents a collar, 2 a hame, 3 a trace, i thesaddle, and 5 the hip strap of the harness now in common use. Upon theheme we pivotally swing a sheave 6 in which is mounted a pulley 6 andover this pulley runs a cable 7 preferably of wire. The sheave 6 may beof leather or it may be of metal covered with leather or otherwisepadded upon the inner face to prevent rubbing of the collar. The ends ofthe cable 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1908.

I are secured together by a link '7 the end portions of which areengaged by the cable and the side members of which are secured l tosections 8 and 8 of a girth strap. The cable therefore consists of anupper and lower portion the lower portion carrying the link 7" and theupper portion immediately above the link carries a sleeve 9 providedwith a suitable hool: or perforated lug adapted to engage hook members 9placed in vertical alinement upon tie saddle i, so that the sleeve 9 andthis portion of the cable can be raised or lowered by engaging thesleeve with higher or lower IlOOlIS. The rear portion of the cabl '7 isheld in a sleeve 10 by means of a cross pin 10 and this sleeve isprovided with a hook or other means 11 for engagement with the forwardend of the trace 3. The sleeve 10 also carries a loop 12 engaged by thehip strap 5.

The extent to which the pull or weight is drawn upon the back of thehorse is regulated by engagement of the sleeve 9 with the hooks 9, thegreatest weight of pull being drawn upon the back when the sleeve isengaged with the highest hook.

It will be obvious that the cable 7 re places the usual tug trace and bymeans of the construction herein described the draft power of the animalis found to be increased from twenty-five to thirty per cent.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is l. The combination with a harnesscomprising a trace, hame, girth strap and saddle, of cable having upperand lower members, said cable being connected respectively to the traceand the heme, the lower member of the cable being secured to the girthstrap, and the upper member being adjustably connected to the saddle.

2. A harness comprising a hame, a pulley carried by the ham-e, a girthstrap, a link carried by the girth strap, a cable running over saidpulley and having its ends connected to said link, atrace, means forconnecting the cable to the trace, a saddle, and a plurality ofvertically arranged cable-engaging means carried by the saddle.

3. A harness comprising a girth strap, a the hame and over which theforward porhip strap, a saddle, a trace, a cable having tion of saidcable Works.

upper and lower members, meanstfor secur- 3, q

ing the lower member to the girth strap, l 5 means for adjustablyconnecting the upper member to the saddle, means for securing Witnesses:

the rear portion of the cable to the trace and A. H. HARDING,

hip strap, and a pulley pivotally carried by JOHN H. DAVIS.

